Tiger & Fox Mascots

I really enjoyed this course. I must have watched the course 3-4 times just because I enjoyed seeing how Fraser works!

This is my reference image. It was a good image, but the angle of the tiger's head was not the best, so I knew it would need a bit of tinkering to get symeterical. But for a royalty free image, it more than did the job.

I drew the lines on as Fraser did.

At this point I printed out the lines out at 25% opacity and drew over them.

Vectorised and refined.

Reflect and redraw (this was a great tip that I learnt from Fraser, not to be worried about drawing everything from scratch again, I would usually try to 'fix' bits, which would have me tweaking beziers for ages!). I think this helped me to refine the art.

Colour, shading and detailing.

Final logo:

I thought the colourway was a bit 'typical', so I got inspiration from He-Man and decided to pay homage to the under-appreciated Battle Cat. I think I'll attempt to complete the badge at some point and add some type. I think 'The Battle Cats' would be a pretty cool team name!

I decided to have another go, as I felt the tiger I did was over detailed. To work as a mascot, it needs to be simpler. Simple isn't easy, every stroke needs to convey something.

2nd reference:

Line work:

Rework in pen, make to look more badass:

Vector refining:

Colour shading and detailing:

After some feedback (thanks), I've worked it up a bit more to look a bit more sporty. I used sharper angles and simplified it.